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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game does Heinrich play with someone in prison?
(a) Dice.
(b) Chess.
(c) Horseshoes.
(d) Checkers.

2. The closest airport to Blacksmith is near what city?
(a) Coalville.
(b) Iron City.
(c) Ferric.
(d) Chicago.

3. According to Heinrich, what is the result when plastic furniture burns?
(a) Ammonia.
(b) Peroxide.
(c) Cyanide.
(d) Dylar.

4. What is the relationship between Dana Breedlove and Steffie.
(a) Mother and daughter.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Aunt and niece.

5. What fabric does Murray customarily dress in?
(a) Corduroy.
(b) Silk.
(c) Wool.
(d) Leather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Heinrich's middle name?

2. What is the word the narrator uses to describe Babette's size?

3. What color were all the packages in Murray's shopping cart?

4. What, according to Tweedy, is "the last refuge of gracious living"?

5. When Steffie answers the phone, who wants to come over?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jack think the Treadwells did not ask for help when they were lost?

2. What is Babette's attitude toward parents watching television with their children?

3. Why did Jack name Heinrich Heinrich?

4. Why is the chair of the department of American environments (the pop-culture department) opposed to Murray's establishment of Elvis studies?

5. What does Babette look like?

6. Why does Babette ask if Bee and Steffie know each other?

7. Characterize Heinrich in terms of the discussion about the rain he has with Jack. What does DeLillo want us to understand about him?

8. Why does Bee say that the people who crash landed went through a bad experience for nothing?

9. Describe Jack's German teacher. What does he look like?

10. What is the mood of the family when they are shopping at the mall?

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